Cost Controller

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,209  billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.

www.johncockerill.com 

Key Responsibilities

Under the responsibility and in collaboration with the Head of Controlling Energy, the Cost Controller will oversee the following tasks:

• Assistance to project managers in the use of ProMoCore (project cost follow up tools): verification of the correct accounting of costs, of the estimated cost price, of the cash flow curve, drafting of project review reports, etc.
• Preparation and compilation of the budget, profit and loss forecasts in collaboration with the management for the execution center in India
• Preparation and participation in financial audits for the validation of accounts and results,
• Management of cash flow, liquidity,
• Project accounting in SAP
• Time keeping monitoring and management
• Invoicing (intercompany management)
• Hour rate and transfer pricing management
• Establishment of forecasted load curves to verify the adequacy between the forecasted level of activity and the sizing of the workforce,
• Identification and analysis of variances between actual and budgeted figures (and/or from the last review),
• Preparation/verification of monthly operational reports including financial and non-financial data; translation of these indicators into business terms,
• Definition, establishment, and monitoring of relevant key indicators, in line with management needs and in compliance with Group standards,
• Verification of the correct application of the Group's rules and implementation of corrective actions if necessary.

Education & Experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in a management control function in the industrial sector, preferably in a "project environment"
• Master in Finance or Business Engineering

Background, Skills and Competencies

• Practical expertise in office systems such as Excel and ERP tools such as SAP Fico + BW (e.g. accounting - purchasing - projects),
• Customer orientation, concern to offer a permanent quality service to internal clients,
• At ease in a matrix organization and a support department,
• Analytical mindset, ability to formalize, structure and great rigor in work, particularly in terms of meeting deadlines,
• Attention to detail and comfort in controlling multi-source data,      
• Highly developed positive critical sense: ability to assess the relevance of data and to cross-check/contextualize it with other information to verify its plausibility,
• Ability to take initiative,
• Agility in a changing professional environment,
• Diplomacy, good communication skills, both oral and written, and ease in dealing with all types of interlocutors,
• Very good team spirit and willingness to contribute to the team,
• Reliability, integrity, honesty, discretion.
• Comfortable with an international environment and multicultural aspects.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Fluency in other languages is a plus,
• Willing to work during the first 4 months in the Head Office in Belgium; The job will then be permanently based in Mumbai.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

Discover our job opportunities in details on www.johncockerill.com